can a past drug overdose effect future job or career plans?

kristi asked:


i was really wondering this…especially if it is in the medical field. is their limits, because the person may have an urge to steal the medicine that is so readily available…you know? so i am wondering if they can check about this, or not. i think it’s messed up if they can, because the percentage of people who relapse.

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One Response to 'can a past drug overdose effect future job or career plans?'

1. Orinoco - January 25th, 2012 at 12:48 pm

   In Australia, there are many jobs that are very strict on past abuse of substances or drug overdoses – for example, police force, military, etc.

   However, ironically, it is still possible to enter medical or nursing careers with past history of drug overdose. In some cases it may be that the potential employee must undergo an extra period of supervised work.

   In cases I have known where medical students have been caught attempting to obtain drugs, they have been expelled from the course. However, past history of depression or attemped ******* would not prevent you from enrolling in a university degree course such as Medicine or Nursing, nor would it stop you from practicing in many places in Australia.

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